Niederhauser matches career high with 27 points as Penn State tops Buffalo 87-64
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP)
Yanic Konan Niederhauser matched his career high with 27 points and Ace Baldwin triggered the offense with 10 assists as Penn State cruised to an 87-64 win over Buffalo on Sunday afternoon.
The Nittany Lions (7-1) rebounded after suffering their first loss, 75-67 to Clemson last week in the Sunshine Slam championship game.
Baldwin hit a 3 with a minute left, then fed Niederhauser for a dunk to put Penn State up by 12 before Ryan Sabol hit to late free throws to make it 38-28 at halftime.
Freddie Dilione Jr. and Niederhauser hit back-to-back 3-pointers three minutes into the second half to push the lead to 44-31 and after Nick Kern Jr. scored at the basket and Zach Hicks knocked down a 3 to make it 50-36 with under 14 minutes left the Nittany Lions maintained their double-digit lead the rest of the way.
Penn State shot 56.5% from the field as a team (35 of 62), including 9 of 21 from behind the arc. Niederhauser was 12 of 16 shooting from the field, including 1 of 2 from distance to lead the effort. Dilione was 4 of 9 from beyond the arc and finished with 16 points to go with four assists. Kern came off the bench to add 12 points.
Buffalo shot 22 of 53 (41.5%), including 7 of 27 from distance. Sabol hit 5 of 12 from long range and was 4-for-4 at the line to lead Buffalo (4-4) with 19 points. Brayden Jackson was 5 of 7 from the floor off the bench and added 11 points.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | Â | (Nittany Lions gains possession) | Â | |
19:45 | +2 | Yanic Konan Niederhauser makes two point alley-oop dunk (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists) | 0-2 | |
19:26 | Â | Ryan Sabol misses three point jump shot | Â | |
19:24 | Â | Puff Johnson defensive rebound | Â | |
18:55 | Â | Freddie Dilione V misses three point jump shot | Â | |
18:53 | Â | Ryan Sabol defensive rebound | Â | |
18:38 | Â | Anquan Boldin Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
18:36 | Â | Zach Hicks defensive rebound | Â | |
18:27 | +2 | Yanic Konan Niederhauser makes two point layup (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists) | 0-4 | |
18:14 | +2 | Anquan Boldin Jr. makes two point dunk (Noah Batchelor assists) | 2-4 | |
17:56 | Â | Freddie Dilione V misses three point jump shot | Â | |
17:54 | Â | Ryan Sabol defensive rebound | Â | |
17:51 | Â | Jump ball. (Bulls gains possession) | Â | |
17:39 | Â | Ace Baldwin Jr. personal foul (Tyson Dunn draws the foul) | Â | |
17:34 | +2 | Tyson Dunn makes two point layup (Tim Oboh assists) | 4-4 | |
17:19 | Â | Zach Hicks misses two point jump shot | Â | |
17:17 | Â | Tim Oboh defensive rebound | Â | |
17:09 | Â | Tim Oboh turnover (traveling) | Â | |
16:51 | +2 | Ace Baldwin Jr. makes two point floating jump shot | 4-6 | |
16:35 | Â | Ryan Sabol misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:33 | Â | Zach Hicks defensive rebound | Â | |
16:21 | Â | Ace Baldwin Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:19 | Â | Bulls defensive rebound | Â | |
15:52 | Â | Noah Batchelor misses three point jump shot | Â | |
15:50 | Â | Kachi Nzeh defensive rebound | Â | |
15:43 | Â | Freddie Dilione V misses two point layup | Â | |
15:41 | Â | Noah Batchelor defensive rebound | Â | |
15:26 | Â | Noah Batchelor turnover (lost ball) (Ace Baldwin Jr. steals) | Â | |
15:15 | Â | Kachi Nzeh misses two point layup | Â | |
15:13 | Â | Tim Oboh defensive rebound | Â | |
14:52 | Â | Tyson Dunn turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
14:52 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
14:31 | Â | Frederiks Meinarts blocks Nick Kern Jr.'s two point layup | Â | |
14:29 | Â | Frederiks Meinarts defensive rebound | Â | |
14:06 | Â | Tyson Dunn misses three point jump shot | Â | |
14:04 | Â | Kachi Nzeh defensive rebound | Â | |
13:52 | Â | Ben Michaels personal foul (Nick Kern Jr. draws the foul) | Â | |
13:43 | Â | Zach Hicks turnover (lost ball) (Ryan Sabol steals) | Â | |
13:32 | Â | Tyson Dunn turnover (D'Marco Dunn steals) | Â | |
13:25 | +2 | D'Marco Dunn makes two point layup | 4-8 | |
13:15 | +2 | Frederiks Meinarts makes two point layup (Tyson Dunn assists) | 6-8 | |
12:59 | Â | Frederiks Meinarts blocks Ace Baldwin Jr.'s two point layup | Â | |
12:57 | Â | Nick Kern Jr. offensive rebound | Â | |
12:44 | Â | Nick Kern Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:42 | Â | Frederiks Meinarts defensive rebound | Â | |
12:20 | Â | Ben Michaels misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:18 | Â | D'Marco Dunn defensive rebound | Â | |
12:10 | +3 | D'Marco Dunn makes three point jump shot (Nick Kern Jr. assists) | 6-11 | |
11:45 | Â | Ryan Sabol misses three point jump shot | Â | |
11:43 | Â | Frederiks Meinarts offensive rebound | Â | |
11:40 | Â | Frederiks Meinarts turnover (bad pass) (D'Marco Dunn steals) | Â | |
11:34 | Â | Tyson Dunn personal foul | Â | |
11:34 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
11:15 | +2 | Nick Kern Jr. makes two point layup | 6-13 | |
11:01 | Â | Nick Kern Jr. personal foul | Â | |
10:52 | Â | Bulls turnover (10-second violation) | Â | |
10:39 | Â | Nick Kern Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Noah Batchelor steals) | Â | |
10:24 | Â | Kavon Bradford turnover (lost ball) (D'Marco Dunn steals) | Â | |
10:17 | Â | Bryson Wilson blocks D'Marco Dunn's two point layup | Â | |
10:15 | Â | Jahvin Carter offensive rebound | Â | |
10:08 | Â | Yanic Konan Niederhauser misses two point layup | Â | |
10:07 | Â | Bryson Wilson defensive rebound | Â | |
9:53 | Â | Yanic Konan Niederhauser blocks Ryan Sabol's two point layup | Â | |
9:52 | Â | Nittany Lions defensive rebound | Â | |
9:37 | Â | Tim Oboh personal foul (Yanic Konan Niederhauser draws the foul) | Â | |
9:23 | Â | Freddie Dilione V misses three point jump shot | Â | |
9:20 | Â | Nittany Lions offensive rebound | Â | |
9:16 | +2 | Puff Johnson makes two point layup (Jahvin Carter assists) | 6-15 | |
8:48 | +2 | Anquan Boldin Jr. makes two point layup | 8-15 | |
8:38 | Â | Yanic Konan Niederhauser misses three point jump shot | Â | |
8:36 | Â | Bryson Wilson defensive rebound | Â | |
8:19 | +2 | Tyson Dunn makes two point layup | 10-15 | |
8:10 | Â | Jahvin Carter misses three point jump shot | Â | |
8:08 | Â | Puff Johnson offensive rebound | Â | |
8:08 | +2 | Puff Johnson makes two point layup | 10-17 | |
7:43 | Â | Jahvin Carter shooting foul (Noah Batchelor draws the foul) | Â | |
7:43 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
7:43 | +1 | Noah Batchelor makes regular free throw 1 of 3 | 11-17 | |
7:43 | Â | Noah Batchelor misses regular free throw 2 of 3 | Â | |
7:43 | +1 | Noah Batchelor makes regular free throw 3 of 3 | 12-17 | |
7:31 | Â | Noah Batchelor shooting foul (Zach Hicks draws the foul) | Â | |
7:31 | +1 | Zach Hicks makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 12-18 | |
7:31 | Â | Zach Hicks misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â | |
7:31 | Â | Anquan Boldin Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
7:19 | +2 | Tyson Dunn makes two point layup | 14-18 | |
7:07 | Â | Tyson Dunn personal foul | Â | |
6:59 | +3 | Freddie Dilione V makes three point jump shot (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists) | 14-21 | |
6:40 | Â | Freddie Dilione V personal foul | Â | |
6:33 | +2 | Ben Michaels makes two point hook shot | 16-21 | |
6:22 | +2 | Freddie Dilione V makes two point jump shot | 16-23 | |
6:10 | Â | Ryan Sabol turnover (lost ball) (Puff Johnson steals) | Â | |
5:48 | Â | Freddie Dilione V misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:46 | Â | Kachi Nzeh offensive rebound | Â | |
5:44 | Â | Bryson Wilson personal foul (Kachi Nzeh draws the foul) | Â | |
5:38 | +2 | Yanic Konan Niederhauser makes two point alley-oop dunk (Freddie Dilione V assists) | 16-25 | |
5:06 | +3 | Ben Michaels makes three point jump shot (Ryan Sabol assists) | 19-25 | |
4:50 | Â | Freddie Dilione V misses two point jump shot | Â | |
4:48 | Â | Nittany Lions offensive rebound | Â | |
4:39 | Â | Ace Baldwin Jr. misses two point jump shot | Â | |
4:37 | Â | Bulls defensive rebound | Â | |
4:15 | Â | Ben Michaels misses three point jump shot | Â | |
4:13 | Â | Nick Kern Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
4:05 | Â | D'Marco Dunn misses three point jump shot | Â | |
4:03 | Â | Frederiks Meinarts defensive rebound | Â | |
3:49 | Â | Ryan Sabol misses three point jump shot | Â | |
3:47 | Â | Nick Kern Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
3:38 | +2 | Nick Kern Jr. makes two point layup | 19-27 | |
3:20 | Â | Bulls 30 second timeout | Â | |
3:20 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
3:03 | +3 | Ryan Sabol makes three point jump shot (Bryson Wilson assists) | 22-27 | |
2:43 | +2 | Yanic Konan Niederhauser makes two point hook shot | 22-29 | |
2:08 | Â | Frederiks Meinarts misses three point jump shot | Â | |
2:06 | Â | Nick Kern Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
1:55 | Â | Frederiks Meinarts shooting foul (Nick Kern Jr. draws the foul) | Â | |
1:55 | +1 | Nick Kern Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 22-30 | |
1:55 | +1 | Nick Kern Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 22-31 | |
1:48 | Â | Noah Batchelor turnover (bad pass) (Ace Baldwin Jr. steals) | Â | |
1:40 | Â | Nick Kern Jr. misses two point layup | Â | |
1:38 | Â | Ben Michaels defensive rebound | Â | |
1:31 | +2 | Noah Batchelor makes two point layup | 24-31 | |
1:25 | +2 | D'Marco Dunn makes two point layup (Zach Hicks assists) | 24-33 | |
1:09 | Â | Bryson Wilson offensive foul (Ace Baldwin Jr. draws the foul) | Â | |
1:09 | Â | Bryson Wilson turnover (offensive foul) | Â | |
1:00 | +3 | Ace Baldwin Jr. makes three point jump shot | 24-36 | |
0:36 | +2 | Ben Michaels makes two point layup (Anquan Boldin Jr. assists) | 26-36 | |
0:15 | +2 | Yanic Konan Niederhauser makes two point dunk (Ace Baldwin Jr. assists) | 26-38 | |
0:11 | Â | Yanic Konan Niederhauser technical foul | Â | |
0:11 | +1 | Ryan Sabol makes technical free throw 1 of 2 | 27-38 | |
0:11 | +1 | Ryan Sabol makes technical free throw 2 of 2 | 28-38 | |
0:03 | Â | Tyson Dunn misses two point jump shot | Â | |
0:02 | Â | Ben Michaels offensive rebound | Â | |
0:01 | Â | Tyson Dunn misses three point jump shot | Â | |
0:00 | Â | End of period | Â |